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Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)

In research, Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland) stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,562 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#2,238 of 4,667 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,151 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 11.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,075
of 28,054 · #9,710 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#65
of 220
Research works
1.5k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,562 of 10,521 24.3%83 #2936
Computer ScienceField #2,238 of 4,667 21.2%81 #2060
Physical SciencesDomain #8,151 of 12,888 20.0%137 #10099

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,936 #4,562
  2. Computer Science#2,060 #2,238
  3. Physical Sciences#10,099 #8,151
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 24.8 works12×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 29.1 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.27× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.63× its world share, 81 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.01× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.16× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.90× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas E. Backer, Antal Haans and Femke Beute lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Thomas E. Backer Switzerland · #438,323 worldwide 57 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Antal Haans Switzerland · #802,102 worldwide 54 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Femke Beute Switzerland · #963,101 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Cjh Cees Midden Switzerland · #1,126,792 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Alexandra C. Kirsch Switzerland · #1,247,168 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)

Which keywords describe research at Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Virtual Reality, Neural Networks, Embodiment, Social Interaction, Learning Outcomes, Artificial Intelligence and Immersion.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning31▲ 3.2×48 topics
  2. Neural Networks20▲ 4.4×26 topics
  3. Machine Learning17▲ 1.86×40 topics
  4. Virtual Reality17▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence14▲ 3.5×21 topics
  6. Embodiment14▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Social Interaction13▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Learning Outcomes11▲ 9.2×7 topics
  9. Big Data10▲ 4.0×20 topics
  10. Immersion9▲ 48×1 topic
  11. Presence9▲ 48×1 topic
  12. Social Cognition8▲ 17×7 topics
  13. Human-Robot Interaction8▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Human-Computer Interaction6▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Motor Imagery6▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Autonomous Vehicles6▲ 9.5×3 topics
  17. Brain-Computer Interfaces6▲ 20×1 topic
  18. EEG Analysis6▲ 20×1 topic
  19. Topic Modeling5▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Surveillance5▲ 6.5×3 topics
  21. Trust5▲ 6.2×5 topics
  22. Reinforcement Learning5▲ 15×4 topics
  23. User Experience5▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Automation4▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Cognitive Load4▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Human Factors4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Neural Mechanisms4▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Grasping4▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Robot Learning4▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Service Robots4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Driver Behavior4▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Elderly Care4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  33. Mental Workload4▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Anthropomorphism4▲ 69×1 topic
  35. Multi-Agent Systems4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  36. Socially Assistive Robotics4▲ 69×1 topic
  37. Driver Distraction4▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Situation Awareness4▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Gesture Recognition4▲ 17×3 topics
  40. Text Classification4▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Robot Manipulation and Learning and Social Robot Interaction and HRI.

Virtual Reality Applicat…9Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 9 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 6 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 4 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 4 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 4 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 4 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Inte…3Tactile and Sensory Interactions: 3 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 3 fractional worksAction Observation and Synchronization: 3 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Re…3Human Pose and Action Recognition: 3 fractional works
Human-Computer InteractionCognitive NeuroscienceControl and Systems EngineeringSocial Psychology2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 9 works
  2. 2 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  3. 3 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 4 works
  5. 5 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  9. 9 Action Observation and Synchronization Social Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.1%domestic only55.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Human Computer Interaction (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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